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Nokia Launches the Affordable Lumia 520 and 720

BARCELONA — Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the low-range, affordable Lumia 520 and the slightly more powerful Lumia 720.

Starting at 139 euros ($184), the Lumia 520 is the company's most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone to date. For the money, it brings a 4-inch WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen, a 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage memory (expandable via microSD cards) and a 5-megapixel camera.

Nokia Lumia 520 is coming in Q1 2013 in Hong Kong and Vietnam, and it will be available in Q2 in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. The device is also coming to the U.S. via T-Mobile.

The other Lumia presented today, the 720, has a better spec sheet, with a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, a 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage memory (expandable via a microSD card slot) and a 6.7-megapixel camera.

It comes in five colors, and it will be available for 249 euros ($329) in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore in Q1 2013. It will be available in other markets in Q2 2013, including China and selected markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and India.

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